The contemporary Cupaclad 201 Vanguard series is one of three cladding systems shown by Cupa Pizarras at VDF products fair that put natural slate in the spotlight. More about Cupa Pizarras introduces three slate facade systems at VDF products fair
VDF products fair: Cupa Pizarras' Cupaclad 201 Vanguard facade system contrasts natural slate with stainless steel fixtures to offer users a contemporary aesthetic. More about Cupaclad 201 Vanguard by Cupa Pizarras
VDF products fair: natural slate is the focal point of the Cupaclad 101 Logic rainscreen cladding system, designed by Cupa Pizarras to be secured with hidden fixings. More about Cupaclad 101 Logic by Cupa Pizarras
VDF products fair: the Cupaclad 101 Random rainscreen cladding system by Cupa Pizarras combines overlapping slabs of slate in different sizes to create textured and "dynamic" facades. More about Cupaclad 101 Random by Cupa Pizarras
Hooba Design Group used bricks with glass inserts to create a "semi-transparent character" for the headquarters of brick manufacturer Kohan Ceram in Tehran, Iran. More about Hooba Design Group wraps Tehran office in glass-punctuated bricks
James Garvan Architecture has added gabled timber-batten screens to the facade of this house in Sydney, which is meant to mimic the form of a neighbouring property. More about North Bondi House in Sydney fronted by angular white gabled screens
Architecture practice Playze and design firm Schmidhuber covered the Ningbo Urban Planning Exhibition Center in eastern China in a skin of pale green glazed ceramic tiles. More about Pale green ceramic tiles cover exhibition centre in China
Walls with the texture of scrunched-up paper feature on this residential and office building that architecture studio DROO has completed in east London. More about DROO completes London building with "crumpled paper" facade
A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-height atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. More about Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium
Design studio Doone Silver Kerr turned a stack of used shipping containers into a hotel and wine bar with a geometric facade of welded fins that function as sunshades. More about Stacked shipping containers form Stow-Away London hotel and wine bar
The interchangeable steel grid of windows, shelves and lockers of a school in Sneung, Cambodia, designed by Orient Occident Atelier can also be used as a climbing frame. More about Cambodian school has a gridded facade that doubles as a jungle gym
TTC Elite Saigon Kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City by Kientruc O has a playful facade decorated with colourful patterns and irregularly shaped windows. More about Kientruc O designs colourful kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City
Fundamental Approach Architects has transformed the facade of an eight-storey housing block in Tehran using angular screens of perforated brick. More about Tehran apartment block by Fundamental Approach Architects features perforated brick screens
Nuno Piedade Alexandre has completed a black extension to an elderly care centre in the municipality of Ponte de Sor, Portugal, which is covered with protruding windows. More about Projecting windows "distort the facades" of Portuguese care home
Petr Stolin Architekt has wrapped a double-skinned translucent facade of fibreglass around the Nová Ruda kindergarten in the Czech Republic. More about Kindergarten in Czech Republic encased in two layers of translucent fibreglass
Metropolitan Workshop's tower of small modular homes in London is covered in a "chameleon-style" facade of glazed terracotta that changes colour in the different light conditions. More about Metropolitan Workshop covers tower of modular homes with glazed ceramic tiles
The folded facade of the Morphosis-designed Kolon One & Only Tower in Seoul is made from a high tech fibre used to make bullet-proof vests. More about Morphosis weaves textile research facility facade from reinforced fibre
BIG has completed a pair of towers with rippling and folded facades to house the offices of a state-owned energy company in Shenzhen. More about Pleated facades cover pair of Shenzhen skyscrapers by BIG
Architect Benni Allan has used colourfully painted panels to create an all-new facade for his former school in Alicante, Spain, on a very meagre budget. More about Benni Allan gives his old school a facelift for just £1,000
Architecture firm JAA has developed a proposal that would see a celebrated brutalist-era car park in London preserved – rather than demolished to build a new hotel. More about London's Welbeck Street car park could be saved with alternative design by JAA